rights of others. >> is this what the world has come to? >> thank you to everyone who responded. have a great day, folks. "fox & friends" starts right now. >>gretchen: good morning. you made it to the middle of the week. it is wednesday, april 24, 2013. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. we begin with a look inside the boston bomber's deadly collection of explosives. mortar launches, barely legal but they bought them free and clear from the same sources the times square bomber. >>steve: the f.b.i.'s focus is turning now to the family. authorities in russia bringing in the bombing suspects' parents who left the country before the attack. there's the mom. hi, brian. >>brian: hey, steve. by the way, i wasn't up all night. you got the wrong guy. the elvis impersonator suspected in the d.c. ricin

attacks a free man and thankful for his attorney. and the ladies out there? >> i can't afford to pay her the millions but i am a licensed certified *6 -- reflexologist and i'm going to donate. >>gretchen: sounds good to me. >>brian: "fox & friends" from new york and d.c. starts now. >>steve: excellent. >>steve: brian, what are you doing in washington, d.c.? >>brian: last night, the on forces foundation for the ninth year had their gala at the reagan building. 2,000 people show up. two million served in two

wars over the past 12 years and now they're coming home. that's the focus. you'll find out more about that shortly. but the buzz last night all about boston as more and more we find out about what happened over a week ago today, guys. >>gretchen: they apparently bought these fireworks at the same store that the times square bomber bought his fireworks up in new hampshire. they were locked and loaded, reloadable mortar kit only $200, includes four tubes and 24 shells. phantom fireworks. it is perfectly legal to buy these in new hampshire. you cannot buy them in massachusetts or california, so that would be why the new york guy went there and these two terrorists went there. >>steve: all of the explosion in boston, one of the executives in phantom fireworks, they started looking through their record and they recognized, wait a minute, that guy tamerlan tsarnaev was here. he contacted the f.b.i., and brian he was an

unremarkable sale until he realized it was our explosives used not only in boston but also times square which they discovered a couple of years ago. >>brian: here's the store manager. >> he asked to point him, direct him to the most powerful and loudest fireworks we had. i actually broke down and cried because it was very overwhelming to know somebody who had done something so awful was here at our store and one of my young workers was here alone. >> i don't think they would have been able to mine enough powder from these products to produce that. the other part is we all saw the skphroefgs and it was gray -- saw the explosion and it was gray smoke. you saw no color. didn't view him as any different than any other customer that came in. like 90% of the males that shop in our store, asks what's the biggest, loudest thing you have. >>brian: it's amazing. i don't know this terror community, i don't know how

they're contacting each other. who would think a guy in connecticut knows how a guy in boston, they both know where to buy their fireworks. experts think they could have bought the stuff, ripped out the powder and you'd have more than enough to make those bombs. >>gretchen: the owner of the store seems skeptical that those fireworks could have been what ended up -- >>brian: what's he doing there? 4th of july? >>gretchen: the assumption is tamerlan realized the powder would not be combustible enough for what we saw in boston. the other thing that i think is important is that only 200 bucks. there's been a lot of speculation about who financed these two guys to build these bombs. quite frankly they could get the recipe on the internet. if it only costs 200 bucks

to get the fireworks it doesn't cost that much. >>steve: he was able to buy one kit for $199 and you get the second one free. he wound up with three pounds of this stuff which would be enough to create one pressure cooker bomb which means he obviously had to go to some other location. the speculation is probably went to a store to buy black powder because you can get a lot more for a lot less. >>brian: we're finding out more and more about the 19-year-old who evidently is getting better, upgraded to serious condition at beth israel hospital. he did tell the carjack victim, the one allowed to survive because he wasn't an american, they did admit who they were, they said they were going to new york next. many people have concluded there was a second wave coming, and it was coming from them. but again, the theme is also they keep telling us he was alone, him and his brother, wild and crazy guys. they acted on their own. they got it off the internet. they got their

information and it wasn't well planned. that is the whole theme is what's building, reportedly coming out of that hospital bed. >>gretchen: apparently the younger brother, the 19-year-old confessed to doing all this before he was read his miranda rights. that was in the intelligence-gathering period. so will that play out now in his eventual trial? investigators say they're not concerned about not being able to use that confession because of that carjacking victim that you're talking about, because apparently the two also admitted to him, and he would testify to the fact that they claimed we're the boston bombers. >>diane: one other thing about the car -- >>steve: one other thing about the carjacking victim. he was asked where he's from and he said i'm chinese. because they were speaking russian, the guy did hear them talk about manhattan. so the speculation is perhaps the second wave, if they had more bombs, they might have been coming our way. yesterday janet napolitano who heads up the department

of homeland security, was on the grill. she said the system essentially work because when the guy, tamerlan tsarnaev went to russia we did get a ping. we were notified. this is why going forward they've got to fix things. when he returned to the country, back to the united states, after six months in russia, he didn't show up on anything. nothing flashed on the border patrol's console or anything like that because apparently it's standard operating procedure after a year if there's nothing else to take them off the list. here's the problem -- >>brian: senator lindsay graham said i talked to the assistant director the day before and there was no ping because they misspelled his name. they didn't know what they were looking for or how to follow through. once again the system worked. once again janet napolitano saying we don't have the answers here, we're going to get it together, looking to assuage everyone. they got the magazine.

they sprung into action on their home giving the indication it will never happen again. charles krauthammer, one of the people who has heard it all before, and is not buying it. listen. >> it reminds me a bit of what happened after we caught the underwear bomber who tried to blow up an airplane over detroit. janet napolitano famously said right afterwards the system worked, which means that the only reason it worked is because he sweated into the bomb which dulled the fuse and then civilians tackled him. i also remember the president saying -- i think it was in that incident -- that it was an isolated incident even before he knew. i have that sense here the administration is trying to at least imply this is sort of isolated, a couple of wild and crazy guys who set off these bombs. no connections. as lindsay graham says, how do we have any idea? >>gretchen: we should say the system definitely worked with regard to authorities capturing and

identifying these guys going through hundreds and thousands of pictures after the fact. i don't think anybody is quarreling with that. in fact, a new poll says 91% of americans think that law enforcement did a fantastic job. questions remain about the beforehand. it is shades of the underwear bomber when janet napolitano said everything was fine and then we found out it wasn't. >>steve: you know what? if somebody is on a watch list or -- we don't know exactly the extent of the alert. i'm sure we'll find out in the next couple of days. if they're on some list, red flags are raised. and then they leave this country and they go somewhere, let's say to russia, don't you think it would make sense, it would be common sense to keep him on the list until they come home so you can say where you been? what did you do? who did you see? >>brian: all i can tell you is we're now interviewing the families over there. they might be coming over here. we are working with the russians to analyze where he was for six months. how could you possibly get

the conclusion that he's self-radicalized, anwar al-awlaki was his mentor. he told interrogators he was upset about the afghan iraq war. i think we should slow down a little bit. >>gretchen: if there is no other connection -- and i'm not saying there's not -- we should be aware this type of terrorism can happen in america where guys get inspired, even though they're citizens here, and they can do immense danger. it works on both sides of the fence unfortunately. we've got to get to headlines. one of the men accused of working with al qaeda to plot a terror attack in canada back in court today. chiheb esseghair refused a court appointed attorney. raed jaser pleaded not guilty. >> then-skraeufrt hillary colin -- then-secretary of

state said she had zero knowledge before the attacks in benghazi. >> specific security requests pertaining to benghazi were handled by the security professionals in the department. i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me. i didn't approve them. i didn't deny them. >>gretchen: that was back in january but a scathing new report by the house contradicts that testimony. it finds repeated requests for security were made by the state department and clinton was aware that security was being reduced. the attack left four people dead. house oversight chairman darrell issa will be here live. >> a group claiming responsible for a bogus tweet that sent the dow plunging in three minutes, the hackers reporting explosions at the white house and that president obama had been hurt. the white house quickly said everything was okay. the fake tweet erased some $42 billion.

>>steve: we've got a fox news alert. you're looking live at kazakhstan. an unmanned cargo ship called progress 51 is about to depart on a two-day trip to the international space station. got a whole bunch of supplies and crew members there on board. let's go ahead and listen in as they blast off from kazakhstan. >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. there you see progress 51 lifting off in kazakhstan.

>> everything going as planned. 40 seconds in today's launch. >>steve: this particular cargo ship is going to take the traditional two-day trip to the international space station. it should dock at 8:26 # a.m. you know what that means. we'll probably see it friday morning. >>brian: sounds good. supplies, hardware and fuel and water going to the space station. congratulations to borat. >>gretchen: thank you for bringing that out for humor. could anything have been done to prevent the boston bombing? did our government drop the

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joined together and shared knowledge, expertise and resources. many had been specifically trained in improvised explosive device threats and many had exercised for this very type of scenario. the response was swift, effective and in many ways will serve as a model for the future. >>gretchen: talking about after the fact. colonel david hunt is a fox news military analyst and the author of the new thriller "terror red" which he'll talk about in a moment. >> good morning. >>gretchen: let's get back to terror here. we saw the secretary of homeland security said everything was handled wonderfulfully. the public approves with 91% of the handle.

what about before? >> when the f.b.i. talked with the brother this 2009 russia sent us information on this guy. even the white house gets these notifications. the f.b.i. did what they're supposed to do, was question this young man, who, by the way, is refugee status. he has rights. the only thing they could have done -- not should but could have. if they had permission, they would go to russia under the escort of the fsb and maybe get the trace of where this kid had been for six months. but the bureau would have zero authority anywhere but in the united states. >>gretchen: you don't think they dropped the ball as far as when he went to russia on the airplane and supposedly the name was misspelled and when he came back six amongst expired -- six months expired and he was off the list. >> i think janet napolitano has cognitive issues when it comes to reality. we're talking about what

the f.b.i. could have done more. my point is, yes, they could have gone to russia but without authority and could possibly investigate where he was. this is in light of some of the most heroic action anyone is going to see with our police and first responders to save lives both in the bomb and in the fire fight in watertown. >>gretchen: i think more of these attacks is amazing. i want to get to your new book, a novel called "terror red." >> wrote it five years ago. coauthored with the current communications for the governor of rhode island. we have two people looking at one incident but it'd based on an armed group of the muslim brotherhood wants to do damage. we even have an incident in watertown. it comes out the day after the bombing and was released yesterday. yeah, it's kind of eerie

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>>steve: quick headlines for you. the supreme court ruling immigrants busted with small amounts of pot should not be subject to mandatory deportation. the court ruled in favor of a legal immigrant from jamaica deported after police found pot in the guy's car. now he can apply to return to the united states of america. >> an unbelievable case of road rage at beverly hills caught on camera. the driver of a bmw rammed his car into a bicyclist, throwing it in reverse with the biker still holding on.

don't worry, the biker is okay. the whole thing stemming from an earlier fight. cops still looking for the driver of that bmw. >> down to washington, d.c. and brian kilmeade. >>brian: invisible wounds of war continue to affect our nation's bravest and their families. >> suicide rips the foundation of everything a parent has tried to do. >> if i would have known about the armed forces foundation back then, i think he would still be here today. >>brian: the foundation offering vital assistance to our active and retired military personnel. i had the honor last night of attending and hosting their ninth annual gala. joining me is the president executive of the armed forces foundation, patricia driskill, welcome back. each year you have a theme. this year is help save our troops campaign.

they're coming back. iraq came to a close, we're winding down in afghanistan. what are we finding? >> a lot of service members are really having a hard time. people are very patriotic when they come back. they want to go back. they want to be hard chargers. when they start to reintegrate into life is when things start to hit them and their family members. we're seeing a lot of issues with depression, substance abuse, leading to a lot of suicides. >>brian: you've got to get to people who understand to work your way through it. the armedforcesfoundation.org is where you can help. you're interacting with a lot of the men and women coming back. are the facilities and are the resources there for them? >> everybody wants to help. the political answer is, yes, everybody wants to help. but the resources are not this. we are having a lot of issues with these guys not having enough counselors and counselors they want to talk to who have had prior service, you know, who have been there and done that. they don't want to talk to any counselor.

>>brian: we we are scenes from the gala, about 1,000 showed up, about 200 members of our military from officers to those who have been banged up in war. describe what took place for those who weren't one of thousand-plus who were there. >> we had over 50 members of congress show up, one of the largest showing of congress together, both democrats and republicans there for a good cause. we had 250 wounded guys from hospitals, walter reed and fort belvoir and our generals there to talk about this suicide epidemic. one veteran every 65 minutes is committing suicide and we have to do something about it. everybody was gathered there to say we're committed to doing something. it's not about just giving money but it's about being a good tphraeub to your friends -- good neighbor to your friends and making sure you get them help when they have issues. >>brian: sequester hit you guys how? >> it has been difficult

with the defense companies hit so hard financially they have had to lay people off. when they lay people off they are not giving money to foundations like ours. >>brian: this is exactly how to help. 95% of all the money that comes in goes to the men and women who serve. patricia, thanks so much. thanks so much for asking me to host. this woman can turn it around. she had the after-party. you have not learned not to have the after-party in the suite in which you live. >> then you kick everybody out and say i need to get sleep. >>brian: coming up straight ahead, the man who found the boston bomber in his boat breaking his silence. the story you heard about him is not true. he'll set the record straight next. then general david petraeus has a new gig. has a new gig. details coming your way. ♪ i've got the power

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for a body in motion. >>gretchen: "the chicago tribune" surprising the boston globe with pizza in a show of gratitude for the newspaper's coverage of the marathon bombings. the paper is not owned by the same company. they included this note: we can only imagine what an

exhausting and heart breaking week it has been for you and your city. know your news room colleagues stand in awe of your tenacious coverage. you make us all proud to be journalists. we can't buy you lost sleep, so at least let us pick up lunch. very nice. >>steve: setting aside professional rivalry. >>brian: i can't tell you what they've done here. this room is normally vacant. no cameras, no equipment, no desk, no computers. look what they have done to get us ready. look at the monitors on the side. we even have the "fox & friends" logo. isn't that wonderful? this normally, again, no monitors here. straight ahead this have been people hired, desks put down and all these other televisions straight to our news room. this is just for "fox & friends." they have converted just for us in washington. i would like to thank everyone who made this possible. keep working all night with screw guns and ratchets.

>>steve: looks great. thanks to the d.c. bureau. in the meantime, 27 minutes before the top of the hour. brian, want to start headlines? >>brian: a new report revealing the mosque attended by the suspected bomber contacted the f.b.i. but the time the mosque did contact the f.b.i. the suspect allegedly shot an m.i.t. police officer who would eventually die. >>gretchen: you can now call former c.i.a. director david petraeus professor petraeus. say that ten times over. he has been named visiting professor for public policy at the city university of new york. the four-star general starts august 1. he left the c.i.a. last year after it was revealed he had an extra marital affair. >>steve: he is no longer singing "jail house rock." ♪

>>steve: the elvis impersonator, that guy during happier times, accused of sending letters laced with ricin to president obama, mississippi senator wicker and a local judge has been released. charges against kevin curtis dropped after prosecutors failed to produce any evidence linking him to those letters. >> divine intervention led this amazing beautiful blonde, blue-eyed angel to my jail cell, and i'll be honest, i haven't had a lot of faith in attorneys. i went through 20 # or so in the last 13 years. and i will never let you go. >>steve: curtis claims he was framed leading police to search his neighbors' home. >>brian: by the way, steve, that was the craziest story ever. dramatic close call in colombia caught on camera. police officers rescue a man from jumping under a

speeding train, catching him by his shirt. the officer then pulled him to the ground and helped him to safety. the police chief naming the 19-year-old officer hero of the month. thank goodness for those cameras once again. >>steve: somebody else who has been regarded as a hero is a fellow named david hene berry. he is the guy who owns the boat that dzhokhar was captured in friday night. there have been stories out there about how he went to go outside. here's what actually happened. that shelter-in-place order was standing in the city of boston all day long. then at night they said we haven't found him, you can go ahead and leave your house. earlier in the day mr. heneberry noticed the pads on the boat had fallen off. he thought nothing of it because it was windy. when he had the opportunity to go outside, get a breath of air, he went over, looked inside the boat and guess what he found.

>>gretchen: here he is describing what happened once he climbed the ladder. i didn't expect to see anything but i saw blood on the floor of the boat. i said did i cut myself last time? then i look over there and there's more blood. i look back and forth a couple of times and my eyes went to the engine block, and there was a body. as we've come to know that was dzhokhar who was hiding out in that boat. >>brian: he said he could have been there that night. he's sitting on the inside. this guy's already been a killer, assassinated a cop. then he realizes he's lucky to be alive. this guy had nothing to lose. he looks like he was trying to kill himself already. he could have gone in the house at any time. he had the courage to call 911. without people like him, this thing might still be going on. >>steve: the ironic thing about the boat where

dzhokhar was hiding. you know what it was named? "the slip away." >>brian: there are bullet holes in the boat. people should pitch in and fix that boat. >>steve: there is a social media campaign going on now. they raised $10,000, but he says give the money to the victims instead. >>gretchen: we've got to get weather in. more rain, the last thing people in the midwest want to see as they deal with record flooding. check out that picture, a fish swimming by one window above ground. this is grand rapids, michigan. another foe though shows a duck passing by. maria, i guess they god flooding issues out there. >> those pictures are absolutely incredible. yes, we are talking about yet again another storm system rolling through parts of indiana, of michigan, of illinois and even down into parts of missouri producing more areas of heavy rain as we head into today. we've actually been seeing that throughout the overnight hours. that's on top of the reports of moderate to even

major flooding, that multiple river gauges are reporting across some of these states. we're reporting reports of moderate to major flooding. multiple flood warnings in effect due to the flooding that's ongoing. there's a look at that storm system from michigan all the way into parts of tennessee and arkansas. behind the storm system, chilly, high temperatures only into the 40's today in rapid city to minneapolis. new york city much better today. 67 degrees for our high temperature. >>steve: we'll take it. meanwhile, the nfl draft kicks off tomorrow night. just across the street from where we're sitting at radio city music hall. >>gretchen: over the next three days some of the nation's best college football players will go from students to potentially multimillionaires. rich big daddy joins us. who is going to be the first pick? >> i don't know. everyone is saying they're going to take this guy and i'm going to trade down. people are trying to trade up. so there's no --

>>steve: like monopoly. >> yeah. no one knows. >>steve: you're an expert at this. who do you think? >> the chiefs need an offensive tackle. it looks like they're going to take joseph out of a & manufacture, -- a & m. it is a buyers market. i think people want to trade back because you can get more picks. >>gretchen: we saw that happening in new york. the jets got rid of their quarterback down in tampa bay. ostensibly that was for? >> another first round draft pick. they made a smart move. if he plays this year and then leaves, they don't get anything if he goes somewhere. now you're getting two picks in round one. >>steve: i know it is hard to figure out who is first but who are some of the guys folks might not be aware of who might make a big splash? >> deion jordan, probably a top five pick. i work with a bunch of the kids this year like d.j.

flugar out of alabama who we hope the giants take. justin pew, a lot of people, nfl people know about, but maybe some of the people watching at home may not. >>gretchen: what about manti te'o? >> the linebacker from notre dame. as a football player, let's push aside the stuff he's got going on, he's a good player so i think someone will take him. >>steve: a real person or imaginary person? he's our expert on all things sports. big daddy, thank you for joining us live. >> in a month i'll be here with justin tuck. i'm feeding everyone here pizza just like last year. >>gretchen: we'll go on a starvation diet now so we're ready for that. next, our intel is not working like it should. that's the stunning claim from the c.i.a. director

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>>brian: is the united states losing the war against radical islam. porter goss, a former chairman of the house intelligence committee and a former c.i.a. guy before that himself, porter, welcome back. >> good morning. >>brian: we're in a brand-new chapter. this guy, the way we're being told, self-radicalized, did not have to go to pakistan to learn this. or do you believe there is a link in training coming out of chechnya to the boston bomber? >> i think there's inspiration coming out of it because that's what happened. that infection is happening across our country and it's very dangerous and something we have to learn to deal with better. but as for this specific case, i don't know yet. and i think that's part of the follow-up that has to happen. it seems to me it's an intelligence matter. there are about halfway between the capital of georgia and the capital of dagestan, a place which has

some of the most violent people, violent radicals in it. it is well known to the russians and to us. to have a connection there, to me, means that this is a very serious business. these radical islamists are making war on us. they're doing it in a informal way, asymmetric warfare. this is unconventional. we haven't figured out the rules of engagement, who does what. why is the f.b.i. overseas doing intelligence work? clearly they are law enforcement people and doing a fabulous job of law enforcement here. but it seems to me the lash out between what happened before this, why didn't we stop it

is the boston bomber going to happen every ten years or do you feel it is going to catch momentum?

>> we have had a lot of attempts in the united states. most of them have been frustrated because of they haven't done their job very well. the men my is not well prepared, they don't know how. we had the times square thing? major has san who did the damage at fort hood and the fellow in arkansas who killed the recruiter sadly, those are the kinds of things that get through. we are worried about the m.o., of taking advantage of large crowds that are very vulnerable and doing damage there and creating terror because that's what the purpose of all of this activity is that these folks do. they kill a few people but look at the disruption they cause when they do. the tragedy of losing an eight-year-old boy is terrifying. but then look at the rest of skrupgs -- disruption because this should happen to me. >>brian: you understand it well. thanks for coming in. porter goss, former c.i.a.

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reservation show, wants to learn how the amish builds houses without modern technology like electricity. good luck. >>gretchen: he's the most decorated american winter olympic athlete of all time with eight medals. >>steve: today apollo is facing his biggest challenge yet. teaching anna kooiman how to speed skate. >> he has two gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals but he tells me he hasn't skated much since vancouver three years ago? really? >> i went to three games, had an amazing experience and decided to do things i always wanted to do. >> the winter is closing for 2014 but is there a chance you'll skate? >> i'll be there. i don't know in what capacity but i'll be there. >> i know you actually deal

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>> gretchen: good morning, everybody. today is wednesday, april 24, 2013. i'm gretchen carlson. so glad you decided to share some of your time with us today. an explosive connection unveiled now. the boston bombers bought supplies from the same company as the times square bomber and they reportedly said they were heading to new york. rudy guiliani, the former mayor of new york, here to react. >> brian: this hour, the f.b.i. ino interview the suspect's parents. mom says her boys, innocent. but she's not. why she could be arrested if she steps foot in america. steve? >> steve: that's right, brian. meanwhile, sorry, kids. no more strapless dresses at the eighth grade dance. the school says they're inappropriate. shouldn't mom and dad be making

that call instead of the school? we'll talk about that and so much more. "fox & friends" hour two starts right now. >> gretchen: good morning, everybody. i don't know. as a mom, i kind of like that they set some guidelines for the kids. have you seen what the kids are wearing these days? >> steve: brian, did you ever think about attending a dance with spaghetti straps? >> brian: i look at all different outfits for all the dances i attend. but at the end i end up nixing it. but it's something parents have dealt with for generations. do you realize every generation of parents have said that, back to the 18 90s? >> gretchen: i know. >> brian: can you believe this generation what they're wearing? remember the flappers, we thought the world was ending. >> gretchen: the only problem is they've gone from turtle necks to happenedly any clothing at all. eventually they will have nothing on of the then what will they do? >> brian: it's a good news for

the people that make mesh. >> steve: and sun screen. >> gretchen: all right. we'll debate that a little bit. we've got headlines. one of the men accused of working with al-qaeda to plot a terrorist attack in canada back in court today. he has refused a court-appointed attorney and is claiming the charges are unfair. the second suspect pleaded not guilty. they're accused of conspiring with al-qaeda in iran to blow up a bridge that a passenger train from new york passes by. hillary clinton said she had zero knowledge of calls for more security before the attack in benghazi, libya. >> specific security requests pertaining to benghazi, you know, were handled by the security professionals and the department. i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me. i didn't approve them. i didn't deny them. >> gretchen: but a scathing new report by the house contradicts that sworn testimony. it finds repeated requests for more security were made to the state department and mrs. clinton was aware security

was being reduced. darrell issa will be here live to react. a group that sports assad claiming responsibility for a bogus tweet that sent the dow plunging 143 points in three minutes. the hackers attacked the a.p. twitter feed reporting explosions at the white house and president obama had been hurt. the white house quickly said everything was okay. the fake tweet erased some $42 billion in just that three minutes. the last dance for strapless dresses. some parents are angry that redding middle school in new jersey banned their daughters from wearing strapless dresses. the principal says they're too distracting for the boys. >> the issue here is having someone interfere with my right to raise my children in a way that i think is appropriate. >> this year our school has

definitely enforced dress code a lot. i don't know why this year more, but they're getting more strict. >> gretchen: parents petitioning the school board to overturn the policy before the dance on june 12. and those are your headlines today. the f.b.i.'s focus turning to the bombing suspect's parents. they left the country before the attack. molly line is live outside beth israel hospital in boston with the latest. you've been there a long time and now you got new news to report. >> exactly. good morning. we're hearing not surprisingly that federal investigators want to talk to family members of these two brothers to find out where they were in the days, weeks and months, possibly even years before these bombings occurred and american investigators are on their way to russia, possibly arrived, to interview the parents that left the country before these bombings. the mother and father of these two brothers. this information coming from the u.s. embassy to the a.p., they want to know everything about these brothers, and keep in

mind, it was the russian authorities that contacted american authorities and let them know about tamerlan, who was the older brother, and his travels in russia and their concerns that he may have jihaddist ties or islamic radical ties in the country and should be looked into here at home in america. so this is being taken seriously at all levels. we know the sisters have been spoken with and that investigators are reaching out to all family members. steve, gretchen and brian. >> steve: thank you very much. let's dial in, the former mayor of new york city, rudy guiliani. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: the big headline this morning is apparently after the explosion in boston, a fellow who runs a fireworks super store called phantom fireworks started looking through his records and discovered tamerlan apparently was at that location in new hampshire, bought a great big supply of it, enough to build one of the pressure cooker bombs. it's the same place where the

times square bomber, same company, but that one was in matamoros, pennsylvania, where he bought the stuff for the pressure cooker bomb. what do you think about fireworks? >> i think the situation is getting more and more difficult. the fact is this looks like a guy that should have been on a watch list. >> steve: he kind of was. >> but he really wasn't. if he was on the watch list, nobody was watching. >> steve: that's right. >> we have to -- nobody wants to criticize anyone. i was in law enforcement, i don't want to criticize anyone in law enforcement. the reality is we have to do this for the good of the country. we can't keep doing this. we did this with major hasan, attorney general mukasey wrote an article, i think he lists five cases in which things weren't followed up properly. what's going on? is it just too much work? or is it a sort of political correctness? they're afraid to put people on the list because if you do, you'll bet criticized for putting a muslim in a situation he shouldn't be in. major hasan is like off the

wall. you can't figure that at all. the guy for three years is making all kinds of jihaddist statements. >> gretchen: i think that's a little different than this case because there was so much evidence of all these things that he had done over a course of time before he did the shootings. but in this case, the f.b.i. did go talk to tamerlan. what if they didn't find anything, he wasn't doing anything radical? >> i don't know what you think you're going to find and they say no, i'm not. i think the fact that the russian government told us that this is a guy that is a possible terrorist, a couple of his husband preliminary sympathies were expressed should have been enough to put him on a list. then when he went to russia, somebody should have said, what's this guy doing in russia for six months and nobody asked, how is he supporting himself? russia, six months? no salary? an american can't do that. >> steve: apparently they have welfare up in massachusetts. >> it costs a lot of money to

travel to russia. >> brian: mr. mayor, i could actually add to that because port gossage was heard, he believes there was little coordination between the f.b.i. and c.i.a. in this respect. he goes to russia and then goes from there, it looks like to one of the most vicious places in the world where they train the worst of the worst. by the way, he went to visit his dad, who knows nothing about what happened to his son, and from there he goes to this horrible area where he reemerges and comes back reportedly with these evil intentions, what we saw perpetrated last monday. so the coordination, you know this better than most -- between the c.i.a. here and the f.b.i. over there, i thought it was getting better. is it not getting better? >> can't tell. you can't tell from one case if that's the situation. it looks like there are now a mounting number of leads that weren't followed properly. and this is fitting into a pattern of four or five of these. somebody really has to ask serious questions about that. >> gretchen: here is what i'm concerned about. let's say there are no

connections to al-qaeda or any other group. i'm concerned about home-grown terrorists who can look on the internet and build these bombs and go to the fireworks store. so there is two sides to this story, is there not? >> very tough case. home-grown terrorist is the toughest to find. but he wasn't a home-grown terrorist. he went to russia. made it easy. i agree with you, gretchen. a home-grown terrorist, that's a nightmare of -- chris christie told me this years ago when they did the guys who attacked fort dix. but this was not a home-grown terrorist. this guy went to russia. >> steve: he was inspired by the al-qaeda magazine. what about this? according to the globe, police sources tell them that the carjack victim heard the guys, the brothers say, we just killed a cop. we blew up the marathon, and now we're going to new york. don't blank with us. have you ever heard anything about those guys potentially coming in a second wave to new york? >> other than that, no. i have no information that they

were hardihead to do. >> no we don't know if that's a serious statement or bluff to frighten the guy. >> brian: mr. mayor, i janet napolitano, yesterday, once again she's indicating like after the shoe bomber, the system worked, when we know the shoe bomber basically, he destroyed the chances of that bomb going off. she also said there was a ping when he left the country. she told lindsey graham something totally different. what is going on with this cabinet secretary? >> clearly it doesn't work when you have a bombing at the boston marathon and these people are dead and some injured. the system is designed to prevent something like that from happening. so it would be horrible to say the system worked. if you want to say law enforcement afterwards did a good job, i'm all for that. i think they did a fabulous job in catching the guys as quickly maybe as they could. but before hand, the system did not work.

now, is that just because of it's so difficult to follow these things or were there specific things they could have done to prevent it? that's a serious question to be asked. >> brian: to finish up, we know the deputy f.b.i. director told senator graham that they misspelled his name, they had no record he was going over there. therefore, there was neaping. the homeland security -- pinging. napolitano says there was a ping. that bothers me that they're not on the same page. i'm not even judging them. but as a person who is an expert in leadership, what is wrong with the phrase, we don't know yet? >> the answer is, first of all, an acknowledgment the system didn't work. that would be good for all of us because then we'd realize they're going to do something to fix it so we don't repeat this again. then secondly, look, afterwards everybody runs for cover and everybody points fingers at everybody else. that's understandable. but there should be a serious nonpartisan, nonpolitical investigation of this so that we

find out, just because they're swamped with work, which is possible, or because specific things weren't done. >> gretchen: let's talk about what the american public feels now. 91% said they were satisfied with the way law enforcement handled the investigation part of it. now they're also saying what's top of mind even after these bombings? it turns out it's still the economy. as the number one thing, economy and jobs, 42%. what do you make of that? >> it should be. the reality is terrorism is a horrible thing and it's horrible when it happens and it's something the government has to spend a lot of time trying to fix. but ordinary citizens can't do much about terrorism other than give leads to the police and shouldn't run around every day worried about it because -- i'm trying to find a nice way to say this. we're not going to die of terrorism. we're going to die of something else. there are many more risks to us that are greater than terrorism. one of the defenses is resiliency. it's a country that says the economy is more important than terrorism because actually to most of these people, 99.9, the

economy is more important. then the government has to not fall into trap and say but to us, terrorism is very, very important. >> gretchen: and the families. >> of course. if you lose a child in any way, that's the worst thing in the world. >> brian: can i just say one thing? i just noticed rudy guiliani looks great in my area. are you considering getting rid of me, leaving in washington and having the mayor take my spot permanently? >> i was very nervous sitting here. i've never sat here before, brian. >> steve: he was reluctant. >> i was getting nervous. >> brian, you're fired. >> steve: thank you. >> thank you. >> steve: 13 minutes after the top of the hour. straight ahead, even democrats are blowing the whistle on the government's free phone program known as the obama phone. >> i got a solicitation for a free phone at my apartment, which is certainly not in a building where you're going to

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waste, fraud and abuse, we're talking about the life line program that gives free cell phones to people who don't make enough money. stuart varney joins me now from the "fox business" network. this started back in 1984 to help poor people with land lines. it morphed into cell phones in 2008 and the cost of this program spiraling out of control. we're not saying we don't want to help poor people, but there is a tremendous amount of waste and fraud going on. >> $2.2 billion a year is spent on 6 million free cell phones. this is a system, a program that's riddled with waste and because. but wait, you think that's bad? you're paying for this. you're paying for these free cell phones. you think that's bad? wait 'til you hear this. we're going to extend the free cell phone program to free high >> gretchen: why?ree broad band. >> a survey found 36% of those people who are not hooked up to broad band couldn't afford it.

they need it. we must, therefore, provide it. and you are going to have to pay. >> gretchen: again, i'll say, i don't think people would have a problem with it if it was going to help people find employment because that's the other side of the argument. if the people actually needed it. but listen to who got a solicitation for a free cell phone. check this out. >> i got a solicitation for a free phone at my apartment which is certainly not in a building where you're going to have people who are qualified for free phones. there is clearly money being wasted here. >> gretchen: senator claire mccaskill. >> she is goes on to say, enough with the broad band. don't even think about that. the free cell phone deal has gone to $2.2 billion a year. now, when is enough enough? if someone says, i need something, must the government, therefore, provide it? i need it, therefore i get it? when do you say enough is enough? >> gretchen: i don't even know if the argument is about need as much as it is about life in

light of sequestration. we're wasting millions and potentially billions of dollars because we're not monitoring just one program like this! >> i agree entirely. this angle, this is the purchase of votes. you give somebody something and they vote for the politician that gives it to them. it's no accident that these free cell phones are often called obama phones. that is the purchase of votes. when they extend it to free broad band, is that not also a way of buying votes at a time when we simply cannot afford it and we're going through the rigors of sequestration because we're cutting spending there. >> gretchen: all right. break out your wallet. more tax the. we'll check you out at 9:20 on the "fox business" network. >> thank you. >> gretchen: obamacare is a tough sell because the white house spent money to promote it. then, missed "the bible" on tv? it's coming to the big screen. but there is a catch. that's coming up next

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>> gretchen: time to do math and news by the numbers. $8 million, that's how much the obama administration pay ago pr firm to convince people to join obamacare's health care exchanges amid low enrollment. next, three hours. that's how long the new bible movie will be. the mini series expected to hit theaters in the fall now. and finally, two years. that's how long it took to build the george w. bush presidential library in dallas. this cool new time lapsed video shows the construction in just seconds. the center opens tomorrow. steve? >> steve: it is beautiful. gretch, you're right. tomorrow the george w. bush presidential library will be opening down in dallas, texas, on the campus of smu, bringing

all five living presidents together at once. in the wake of the boston marathon bombing, dallas city officials say this will call for the most aggressive security plan that city has ever seen. a former special agent for the u.s. secret service is here with the layout of the security plan as we know it, without spilling any beans, right? >> correct. >> steve: good morning. and given what happened in boston last week, we're talking about a college campus, beautiful college campus, a lot of kids with backpacks. this is a target, isn't it? >> yes, it is. think of it this way. you have five living presidents in one spot. you'll have the public there, the media there, so this would be the ideal place to send a message, the symbolism that it stands for and then you have the media there to, as a platform, to get out your message across if you want to make a target. >> steve: i know the bushes have been planning this library for years and there have been all sorts of security measures in place that they've been thinking

about for a long time, as you look at dallas hall at smu. let's talk about the players. who are the law enforcement agencies involved? >> so think of it as a symphony and the orchestra. the conductor would be the secret service. then with the secret service you would have a plethora of federal agencies, state agencies, and local agencies. everybody plays their instrument, so to speak, and together they perform the symphony and create the music that goes into the security plan. but without all these little components, nothing will get done. each agency will follow its jurisdiction to play its significant role. >> steve: and they do obviously and have done for a very long time, a threat assessment. >> yes. so you're gog do a threat assess am. where is the area? what's the structure of the building? is the layout of the land? how the access points, getting into the point? how could somebody get in? so basically go in and think if i was a bad guy, what would i do? how would i get in? >> steve: exactly. one of my kids goes to college there. i was talking to them yesterday

and they talked about how they had to move their car because in addition to being worried about the five living presidents, they are worried about security for the public as well. >> yes. people don't think that. people think secret service, you just -- >> steve: just the president. >> but if you think of it this way, the problem is coming to you. so the threat, the problem is the president, or the five presidents. you're bringing it to a place, a situation to the public. so you would have to have two plans. one plan to evacuate and take care of your protectees, the presidents and families. and the other plan for the public. you can't just forget the people. you have to have evacuation plan, a decontamination plan, fire safety plan, all those things go to place. basically whatever you do for the president, you mimic that for the public. >> steve: and something they've been doing for a while is they've been gathering intelligence. they've been listening for the chatter, as they call it. >> yeah. absolutely. the locals will say, hey, we had this happen. somebody stole this police car or this uniform. even little bits of information. that way we know what to look

for, somebody's i.d. was lost. something as small as that because that person can turn up to a check point or try to attempt entry into the environment. >> steve: we know they've been working on security for a very long time and it's going to be a great day, it looks like, a safe day tomorrow in dallas. >> it absolutely will be because they're putting everything they have into this. this is the last thing they want to see happen. >> steve: we thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> steve: 28 minutes after the top of the hour. that elvis impersonator suspected in the ricin attacks now a free man. and he's got a message for you ladies. >> i'm going to start with putting massage therapy, kristy will be my first climate -- client. i'll donate. >> paying her off with massage therapy. wait until you hear. sandra lee is here. she's got a huge announcement. is she really retiring from the cookbook business? is that so, sandra?

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♪ . >> gretchen: look at tobin with his man handling power of those chicks. your shot of the morning. fox news correspondent mike tobin dodging a kiss bomb from both sides during a live report from boston. tobin later tweeted, heckling comes with the biz, but it's not like they would not know the subjects. i hope they're friends let them know it was inappropriate. you handled it. looks like tobin handled that before. >> brian: exactly. >> gretchen: it's like he played football. he gave the stiff arm. >> steve: come on. i disagree with both of you. you think he's ever told a couple of women don't kiss me? >> yes. >> brian: i think that's pretty clear. steve, when they train you how to use the computers and they train how to use the prompter, one thing they coo say and that -- do say and if you say for extra help, they say there is going to be a time when women will try to kiss you on camera and you have to rehearse it. a lot of times you might see me in the hall going like this in case this happens.

tobin's peripheral vision is off the charts. how he spotted the women coming this direction and actually was polite about it. please don't do that. please don't do that. it is incredible! >> gretchen: watch how quick he stiff arms. >> brian: william lajeunesse and leventhal should be taking notes on this. how to stop two women who are dying to kiss you. >> steve: just remember, he's out on the street. he knew something was up because one was on one side. he could feel somebody else on the other side. the subject, though, i can understand why he didn't want the interruption. >> brian: but it was just incredible and i think he should be saluted. i think women everywhere, if you're going to kiss a guy, wait for the break. >> gretchen: wait for valentine's day. >> steve: all right. meanwhile, we got some headlines for you on this wednesday. no longer singing jail house rock. he's out. ♪ >> steve: that is the ellis

impersonator during happier times, accused of sending letters laced with ricin to president obama, roger wicker, and a local judge. he's been leased. charges against kevin curtis dropped after prosecutors failed to produce a lick of evidence linking him to the ricin letters. >> divine intervention led this amazing, beautiful, blond, blue eyed angel to my jail cell and i'll be honest, i haven't had a lot of faith in attorneys. i went through 20 or so in the last 13 years and i will never let you go. when you've been charged with something, you never heard of ricin or whatever, i thought they said rice, so i said, i don't even eat rice. >> steve: curtis claims he was framed, leading police to search his neighbor's home. we'll keep you posted. >> gretchen: school district rolling out a new line of defense against potential gun gunmen.

>> gretchen: that is a bullet proof white board. they weigh only a few pounds and can be used to shield students in the classroom in the convenient of a shooting. >> the shield is the most unbelievable product in school safety i have ever seen in my life. >> gretchen: about 200 boards will be distributed in a minnesota school district with training for staff. >> brian: i cannot believe it's come to that. we assume a shooter is coming, just protect us against the bullets. 24 minutes before the top of the hour. he fights for our freedom, but his 12-year-old daughter was kicked out of school for supporting him. i'm talking about c.j. taylor's father, sergeant james taylor, was deployed days before her 12th birthday. she goes to school on the fort campbell base in tennessee and began a push for red shirt friday. she was sent home for refuse to go lose the shirt that said support our troops. her parents outraged. >> i'm not going to make her

change. she's standing her ground and as her mother and as a military >> he says he's very proud of me for standing up for what i believe in and he can't wait to see me again. >> brian: the school district says t-shirts without collars are not allowed. it's shot he had no intention of making, but became the goal of the game. an english rugby player kicking the ball out of bounds and it goes straight into a garbage can on the side line. the crowd cannot believe it and he couldn't either. he made the goal from 50 yards away. congratulations. our first rugby highlight of the day. steve? >> steve: and probably the last. thank you very much. the calendar may say it's spring, but that snow you're looking at right there. "fox & friends" viewer chris bowler e mailed us this photograph from woodbury, minnesota. let's talk about where it's snowing and where it's not with maria molina.

>> hi, good morning. good to see you. today it is not snowing in new york city, but we are talking about yet again another day with a relatively chilly start to the morning out here. we're talking about temperatures in the 40s across portions of the northeast. you factor in a little bit of a breeze and, of course, it starts to feel a little chillier. places much colder, farther west across places like minnesota and even into sections of the dakotas we have some snow on the ground out there. otherwise we do have flooding ongoing across sections of michigan, indiana, illinois because of river flooding ongoing out here. unfortunately, 2003 have a brand-new -- we do have a brand-new storm system producing one to two inches of rain. the white stuff is more snow flying around sections of michigan and into parts of the midwest. but nothing really significant in terms of accumulation expected there. otherwise another chilly day across sections of minnesota and dakotas. it looks like temperatures there will only be in the 40s this afternoon. >> gretchen: my family told me

about the blizzard on april 23. hard to believe. not really if you live in minnesota. thanks. we've been smelling some sweet and savory scents all morning and we know why. >> steve: host and author of the new cookbook "every dish delivers," sandra lee is here and baked us up some of her favorite treats we can make so easily. first. >> injure last cookbook for -- is this your last cookbook for a while? >> for a little while. i've been focusing on my magazine. it's seasonal you and know i love everything fresh and fun. i've been focused on that. tv guide publishes it. but it is my 25th book. it's a milestone because when i was shopping my first book, there wasn't one publish who are would take the book. they all told me you can't tell people what name brands to use. and i said, but you can't not tell them because recipes aren't work. >> steve: joke's on them. 25 cookbooks later. >> gretchen: everyone knows p your perseverance and success as

a result of this. these are good treats for kids, right? >> what we're doing is launching the world's largest bake sale nationwide. it kicks off may 1 at grand central terminal and it's to end childhood hunger. go to strength.org, which is no kid hungry. throw a bake sale n. honor of that, i'm showing you all the baked items i'm making for my bake sale. >> steve: we have a minute left. >> oh, gosh. we got sour cream cake here. this is just eggs, sugar, flour, baking soda, oil. instead of oil, you can use yogurt if you want to be healthy there. then cream cheese and powdered sugar with vanilla on the top. that is strawberry shingle cake. that is very easy. pineapple, then you put strawberry jam in there. and then to thicken it up, lemonade and flour. stir that together, crust on the top. sugar and also cinnamon, bake

that. >> gretchen: you're going to put us to work. >> now, when you're piping, unless you want to wear it on that beautiful white dress, wrap that around. these will be your banana split cupcakes. it's going to be a supreme banana cake mix. there you go. that's it. you did it perfect. then what you want to do in your piping bag is chocolate ice o'clock, vanilla and have a -- icing and strawberry. >> gretchen: steve is going to do whoopie pies. >> you're using carrot cake. i used to use duncan hines because you can just add -- all you have to do is add your eggs and butter and you have a cookie out of cake mix. you can do it with gingerbread and anything. this is cream cheese, a little bit of powdered sugar, some vanilla. tell me those are not just rocking. >> steve: oh, my goodness, that's good.

>> gretchen: these are all good things to make with kids because they're easier to do. >> easy to do and also things that you can substitute to make it a bit more healthy. that's what i try to do in my book and magazine. >> gretchen: check out the bake sale. it happens next week, may 1. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> gretchen: remember when hillary clinton said this about the security request in benghazi? >> i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me. i didn't approve them. i didn't deny them. >> gretchen: well, a new government report says that is just not true. the congressman behind the findings up next. >> steve: then his wife refuses to travel anywhere. he's traveled with his ex-girlfriend. is that normal. >> gretchen: would you? >> steve: is that normal or nuts. >> i don't know. but this is better than prozac. >> steve: no kidding. >> gretchen: a little sugar. solves everything, right? >> steve: next girl vo: i'm pretty conservative.

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>> secretary of state was just wrong. she said she did not participate in this and yet, only a few months before the attack, she outright denied security in her signature in a cable april 2012. >> brian: the report cites a 2012 exchange with the u.s. ambassador to libya. at that time, requesting more security and clinton said, proceed with security reduction efforts. that is direct contradiction of what she told everybody, told the country! >> and brian, the thing that our report shows and our continued investigation shows is they had a policy of normalization appearance. they did everything they could to make it look like they had won the war and had the peace. and so the policy that you saw in that april cable is the policy that led to the ambassador being exposed and killed, and led to the absence of a plan in what is still basically a war zone. >> brian: so the democrats are saying, look, we did an independent report. admiral mike mullen and tom

pickerring led it. what's the problem? republicans are relentless on this. >> october 10, long before their report came out, we did a hearing and some of this was discovered. a lot of the input into this page goes all the way back to the early discovery. none of it's been disputed. i bless the democrats hearts, they like their report, but they can't find a factual error to ours. as we go into more documents, ones we now want to have given to us, not just look at, we're going to find more of these kinds of mistakes that need to be corrected. >> brian: we're going to follow this. there is people trying to get on planes and are two, three hours late and are told, sequestration is the reason. what's the truth as you see it? >> the truth was straightforward. there were more air traffic controllers after sequestration than there were a number of years ago when there were more flights. the truth is they built up inefficient city and we've asked them to make small cuts, they've done these furloughs and then basically said, here is the

excuse for slow downs. ray lahood, good friend, good guy, bottom line is, 47,000 people getting 11 furlough days over the rest of the year is not a policy of how you minimize impact to the american people. >> brian: but it is a recipe for maximum pain. >> and i believe the office of management budget and the president's office is coordinating and making all these cabinet officers do a less good job. >> brian: thanks so much for the armed forces. you are a huge supporter and they couldn't do it without you. thanks for coming down. plus, you actually served as well. >> been an honor. >> brian: served in the military and now in congress of the thanks so much. >> thanks. >> brian: next, his wife refuses to travel anywhere he has traveled with his ex-girlfriend. is this normal or nuts? dr. keith ablow is here. first, on this day in history, 1966 "soul inspiration" by the righteous brothers. later, steve will name both righteous brothers [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness?

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>> gretchen: am i normal or nuts? the question everyone asks once in a while. it's a question we ask dr. keith ablow every week. joining me now to answer your e mails, psychiatrist dr. keith ablow. we may disagree on this first one. good morning. >> we've already gotten into it. >> gretchen: yeah. a little bit. >> we should share it. >> gretchen: my wife and i love to travel, but she refuses to go anywhere i may have once traveled with an ex-girlfriend. even though we've been together for years. is this normal? >> no. gretchen, listen, it's not normal. it's crazy. any healthy american man would be given a long dating history would be crossing off multiple cities. where are you going to go? plus really what this is about,

although it feels a little warm, is control. so you worry, what else is she going to want to control in my life? >> gretchen: well, i just think that it harbors old memories. i can understand why the wife would be a little sensitive about that. >> about the whole city? i don't know. listen, so you're going to not go where? paris, not go france, not go -- >> gretchen: you're at the top of the eiffel tower and remembering the past girlfriend. [ laughter ] >> i know, but such vulnerability expressed this way. and really, so little confidence in the love. that's the way i like to spin it. listen, we could go literally to the hotel and the hotel room where i was with with my last girlfriend and we'd still survive. >> gretchen: wow. optimism. okay. number two. fight ago foreclosure. the case has made her so paranoid, she claims her phones has been hacked and they're watching her. normal or nuts? >> so this one is really quite nuts. and in a serious way because

listen, this relative may now be depressed, depression can be the road to delusion, fixed and false beliefs. good news, depression can be treated. paranoia can be treated. medicines and therapy are the roads. >> gretchen: number three, my son is four years old. he still believes in monsters under his is this normal or nuts? come on of the we know what that one is. >> he's so normal. listen, when you're four, the world is all monsters. will you be cared for? are you truly loved? can you get the things you want? you see something in a store, you don't even know if you can have it. will your things be taken from you by bigger boys? the cure is you say, if there's a monster under your bed, i will come in here and wrestle it to the ground and we will beat it up together and no monster will ever come to your room again. >> gretchen: even eight-year-olds, personally speaking, can think about monsters, weapon all the bad news we've been having.

>> absolutely. >> gretchen: so great advice. >> there are real monsters in the world. >> gretchen: if you have an e-mail a question for dr. ablow, log on to our web site and you could be on our show or at least your question. >> all right. >> gretchen: thanks. >> take a trip with your husband somewhere where he was with somebody else during his early years. >> gretchen: i don't even want to know about it. he was going on trips in high school? >> bring him in. let's talk about this and see if we can set something up so you can confront this anxiety you seem to have. >> gretchen: okay. >> a little couple's therapy. >> gretchen: you know what? i'm just going to lay down because apparently i have some issues. >> you can go anywhere with your husband that you want. he loves you that much. >> thank you. >> gretchen: i got to go. the government considers hamas a terrorist group. why does this school textbook call it a political organization? one mother trying to get the book pulled joins us next hour. you got to see this. a man about to jump in front of

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joins us live this hour. "fox & friends" from washington and new york starts now. >> steve: hello. welcome to "fox & friends" live from new york city and washington, d.c brian, why are you in washington? >> brian: dr. keith ablow says we needed space for us to grow. >> steve: does it remind you of any old girlfriends? >> brian: no. don't you dare accuse me of that. no, but as you know, i was asked to host the armed forces foundation dinner. about 1,000 people, congressional leaders, people in the defense department, contractors and 200 men and women who serve and their families come down, all to support the men and women and their troops. as the troops come home, they're going to need help. ninety-five cents of every dollar raised goes back to the cause. so it's fun to go do that. i meet a lot of people that come back through our doors. current and form guests.

it's been kind of cool. armed forces foundation.org if you want to help out. >> steve: it's a fantastic events and brian, hats off to you for helping them ought routh for so many years. >> brian: it's been a lot of fun. but i miss you guys. can we take a wide shot of the size of the area they've given me? do you know, i tend to be a little messy and disorganized. look at the size of this desk. even i look like i'm neat. why does wallis and bret baier seem so organized? you can't look disorganized at a desk this large. it's fantastic. i have a little table here. i got my own laptop. >> steve: we have garbage pails and we have little tables here, too. okay? >> brian: everything is hyped the -- behind the couch. >> gretchen: we don't really want to take a shot behind here. just right now. you know what i'm talking about, brian. >> brian: we got steve's tux he wore to his junior program back there. >> steve: that's right.

>> gretchen: if you're taking wide shots, we need to do a little clipping over here on the sofa. you see these little threads? >> steve: this couch has been on television for a long time. this is a historical artifact. >> gretchen: some coffee stains under here. >> brian: can we get something newer, like the chair from archie bunker? that would be interesting. >> steve: brian, that is actually in the smithsonian museum, which is two miles from where you are right now. >> brian: what about our decision not to clean the couch? who made that decision? >> gretchen: we fabreezeed it a couple times. >> brian: that doesn't stand a chance. >> steve: brian, we'll be to brian to talk about the news of the day involving the boston bomb increase a moment. >> gretchen: in a few hours, one of the men accused of working with al-qaeda to plot a terrorist attack in canada will be back in court. he has refused a court-appointed attorney because he claims the charges are unfair against him. the second suspect pleaded not guilty. they're accused of conspiring with al-qaeda in iran to blow up

a bridge at the passenger train from new york was coming by. a group that supports syrian president assad claiming responsibility fort bogus tweet that sent the dow plunging 143 points in three minutes. the hackers attacked the a.p. twitter feed, reporting explosions at the white house and that president obama had been hurt. the white house quickly said everything was okay. the dow rebounded, but experts say tens of billions of dollars were erased in a moment. the supreme court ruling immigrants busted with small amounts of pot should not be subjected to mandatory deportation. the court ruled in favor of a legal immigrant deported after police found pot in his car. now he can apply to return to the united states. critics say the ruling could let international drug dealers appeal being deported as well. take a look at this. dramatic close call on the tracks in columbia caught on camera. a police officer rescues a man from jumping onto the path of a speeding train, catching him by his shirt. the police chief now naming the

19-year-old officer a hero of the month. those are your quick headlines this morning. brand-new details about the boston bombing suspect's defense team. we've learned dzhokhar tsarnaev will be represented by a very well-known public defender. miriam conrad's resume includes defending the shoe bomber for trying to blow autopsy plane. -- blow up a plane. >> steve: the f.b.i. in russia to talk to the suspect's parents. molly line outside the hospital in boston with the latest. >> exactly. investigators are looking through all of the people in these two men's lives that they believe committed these horrible bombings. they're flying to russia, according to the u.s. embassy, telling the a.p. they've flown to russia and russian authorities are cooperating and helping u.s. authorities as they continue to look into this case. and just exactly what tamerlan was doing in that country during the six-month trip he took last year. how far he traveled, who he was

speaking with. his parents there in russia have actually said he was just visiting family members and that he did a lot of sleeping while he was there. meanwhile, here at home, the f.b.i. officials are questioning the wife of tamerlan, katherine russell tsarnaev, 24 yearly woman who grew up in rhode island and converted to islam after meeting her husband. the two had a daughter together. she is answering questions with her attorneys tonight and her attorney said in a statement that she's doing everything she can to assist with the investigation. the attorney said katherine and her family, of these reports of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law, that it came as an absolute shock to them all. and the mosque where the older brother is believed to have attended is actually cooperating as well. they contacted the f.b.i. to say, hey, the brothers have been here. particularly the older brother, though not frequently. and they were offering a up all the information they had, including some information about some outbursts that he had over

the course of the last year or so. really the last six months or so during his attendance there at that mosque in cambridge. back to you. >> steve: all right. thank you very much. also dzhokhar is talking. and he says, through the handwritten notes that he's passed over to the authorities, that he and his brother acted alone, no help. but they acted as jihaddists and they were motivated by muslim religious anger at the united states, striking back at the united states for killing -- don't roll your eyes -- striking back at the united states because of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> gretchen: he also admitted to the crime, brian, but as you know, he had not been read his miranda rights at that time. so it's just intelligence gathering. authorities believe they have this other witness, the guy they carjacked, who these two bombers admitted to him that they did the boston bombings and think that will be enough when this thing goes to trial. >> brian: so he is writing this down. he looks like he's recovering. he's been upgrated from critical to serious condition. looks like he'll survive.

he'll be lawyering up and shutting up, i imagine. there is one thing you got to keep in mind, is that it's impossible, i think for the best detectives and investigators in the world, to put this whole story together as quick as this has come together, which has been served up to us already. the other thing i would say is, you can not say definitively or even by a long shot that there are no overseas connections when he spent six months in a brutal region in which scares the russians to go in. and does anyone buy the explanation by the mom, that he went there to get rest? that's called cancun or barbados. not chechnya. >> steve: it's just a little too convenient. >> brian: incredible. >> steve: also we did learn, in addition to some of the motivation, apparently the older brother did buy some of the gun powder that they used in at least one of the bombs, we don't know if it was one detonated at the event -- at an outfit, essentially a fireworks super store called phantom fireworks. he went to seabrook, new

hampshire, and eventual low got three pounds of black powder out of a couple of the lock and load reloadable mortar kits that sells for 200 bucks. he bought one, he got another one for free. what's ironic is that the times square bomber, faisal shah sad went to the same company in may of 2010 in matamoros, pennsylvania and got the stuff that he used for his pressure cooker bomb from the same company. >> gretchen: apparently they empty it out from the fireworks. the store manager, a little uneasy right now knowing that that guy was in her store. but the other guy who is a vp of the company says hey, i don't know if it was just these fireworks that went into these bombs. >> he asked her to point him, direct him to the most powerful and loudest firework that we had. i broke down and cried just because it was very overwhelming, just didn't -- to know somebody had done something

so awful was at our store and one of my young workers was here alone. >> don't think they would have been able to mine enough powder from these products to produce that. the other part is that we all saw the explosion and it was gray smoke. you saw no color, no fireworks effect. didn't view him as any different than any other customer. came in and like the 90% of the males, asked what's the biggest, loudest thing you have. >> steve: yep. >> brian: people have pointed to the fact that they did not have an exit plan and took the guy's debit card. people say i saw the same thing in iraq and afghanistan and chechnya. that seems to be playing to the card of very experienced. meanwhile, how did they find this 19-year-old? they found him in the back of a boat and he could have been there overnight. finally the boat owner, the man that walked over, wanted to tell the truth about how he really

came into finding one of the bombers, here is what he said. he said, i happened to climb my ladder. i didn't expect to see anything when i went up to look at the boat. but i saw blood on the floor of the boat. a good amount of blood. i said, wow. did i cut myself last time? then i took a look there and there is more blood and i looked back and forth and a couple of times and my eyes went to the engine block and there was a body. a body that he says in retrospect, that guy could have been sleeping there all night long and knowing that he's now -- now knowing that he assassinated an officer less than 24 hours prior, he realized, he got very emotional, he could have been killed. >> gretchen: he went back in his house. he called 911 and then as we all know as we were watching on live tv, the police warmed in, valley there you see the robotic device that they used to peel back the layer on top of the boat so that they could actually get to tsarnaev. >> steve: brian, you mentioned that mit officer who was killed,

essentially assassinated while he was sitting in his car. now the working suggestion is, according to cbs news, that apparently the two guys just needed one more gun. they came up behind him, shot him in the head because they had one gun, they had a pellet gun. >> gretchen: they didn't get it. >> steve: that's right, because he had a locking device in his holster. they tried to get it off and they couldn't. he was laid to rest yesterday. >> brian: then there are hardened mobsters and hit men who don't kill in cold blood like this. like they did with the bomb asks then with this officer. absolutely incredible. >> gretchen: coming up on the show, the boston bomber will likely face the death penalty. is that a good idea? the man who prosecuted the blind sheik for the '93 bombing of the world trade center is not so sure. andrew mccarthy will explain next. >> steve: and the usa nearly $17 trillion in the red. so why are we opinioning millions to promote obamacare? that story straight ahead i'm over the hill.

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good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: before we start with the parallels, you disagree a little bit with the way the department of justice is handling this. you would not have mirandaized this kid as soon as they did. >> right. i think you're entitled for at least a certain period of time to determine whether he's an enemy combatant or not and we haven't gotten to the bottom of that. really their investigation has just started. we don't know what support network he had. if he fits into the category of the enemy that congress has defined in authorizing military force, he's an enemy combatant and can be detained indefinitely. >> steve: you probably would have said let's call him an enemy combatant and then down the road, haul him into criminal court? >> yeah. i would mute my criticism of the administration in that regard. theres no current legal authority to try him any place other than civilian court. you can't try an american citizen by military commission. so he had to go to civilian court anyhow. >> steve: in the first world trade center bombing, the blind sheik was held responsible for that. but he's alive.

he didn't wind up with the death penalty because on a federal level, it didn't exist back then. >> that's exactly right. we didn't have a federal death penalty for a very long time. the supreme court reinstated it, i think in 1994. but that was the year after the bombing. >> steve: okay. with regard to dzhokhar, you're not optimistic he's going to wind up getting the needle. >> if you're going to have a death penalty, he's the paradigm offender. >> steve: absolutely. >> he should obviously be a death penalty defendant. but a couple of things. number one, the death penalty is going to delay this trial for a long time. >> steve: why? >> because it complicates things immensely. there's a whole procedure that has to go on. >> steve: just takes longer to get started? >> it takes long tore authorize it. it's got to be authorized by the justice department, which has an elongated process. the defense will be able to make a pitch not to put it into the case. and then once it's in the case,

it heightens the due process and the court scrutiny that the defendant is entitled to. so what i guess i'm trying to get across is two things. number one, as enraged as we all are now, and i'm not saying that this will be any less enraging two years from now, the passion that we have now will be dissipated somewhat by the time this trial happens. >> steve: absolutely. >> and secondly, our track record for getting the death penalty even in terrorism cases is not great in federal court. we had the embassy bombers tried here in manhattan back in 2001 and the jury did not give them the death penalty, even though they killed 220 people. >> steve: sure. as will be the case because this is going to be in open court. this guy can turn it into a circus essentially by whatever his defense attorney, miriam conrad, is going to present. but then at the same time, all around the world he's going to become the poster boy for jihad. >> yes. that does happen. the history is that these

borderline knuckle heads who commit a terrorist atrocity become -- they join the pantheon of jihaddist heros, become big fund-raisers, become big recruiters that. could happen. but on the upside of this, it looks like the evidence against this guy is pretty overwhelming. i wouldn't expect it to be a nine-month trial like we had. it will be a much shorter duration and he'll have a limited soap box. >> steve: interesting stuff. andrew mccarthy, we thank you very much. >> thank you. >> steve: all right. 20 minutes after the top of the hour. the government considers hamas a terrorist group. so why is one high school using a textbook that claims it's just a political party? the mother who has been trying to get that book pulled from the school comes up next. sorry, kids, no more spaghetti straps -- strapless dresses at the eighth grade dance. school says they're inappropriate. should mom and dad be making that call? what do you think? or the school? tweet us, e-mail us.

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a high school textbook about global culture. but some parents say the cultural landscape is teaching a very different lesson. here is one passage from the book that has some parents very upset. if a palestinian suicide bomber kills several dozen israeli teen-agers in a jerusalem restaurant, is that an act of terrorism or war time retaliation against israeli government policies and army action? i'm joined by the freshman in the williamson county school district in tennessee. she's been trying to get the book banned for months. good morning to you. >> good morning, gretchen. and it's interesting, when they point out a text like that, and our school has defended it for six months now, right now the whole country is wondering how anyone could leave a bomb outside a restaurant or on a busy street to deliberately kill innocent people and at the same time, our children are being educated with curriculum that tells them, well, maybe it's okay. or at least it might be okay if the people you kill are jewish.

that's not acceptable. >> gretchen: how did you actually come about this, because let's face it. when we have kids, we help them with homework, but we don't see everything in the textbook. how did you find it? >> my son came home, asked one day, who does israel belong to? i said that's weird. that answers itself. he said, no, i know what our family believes, but according to international law, who should that belong to? and apparently, and i verified it with the school that they had been taught that palestine is a nation that has been denied its state by great britain and the jews. they've also been taught, the curriculum describes fata, hamas, plo as political parties and even things as simple as the origins of jewish holidays are absolutely wrong. go ahead. >> gretchen: no, i was going to say, so you have tried to do something about this. what happened when you went to the school?

>> initially they defended it and then we had another meeting with the director of schools and the people who select the curriculum and they basically offered us a form to fill out to have the curriculum removed, but in the same breath, they laughed at us, told us we could fill it out, but it wouldn't do any good because they had already determined the curriculum was staying and no one but us cared about the issue. >> gretchen: wow. that came from the statement from the director of schools that this time no parent had submitted a formal request for reconsideration with the school district regarding this textbook. so why haven't you filled out the form? is it because they told tough wouldn't do any good? >> because in the same breath they mentioned the form, they told us filling it out would do no good because the curriculum was staying. >> gretchen: so it's my understanding from reading through the research last night that this book will not be part of the curriculum next year, not

because of any of the actions that you've brought forward, but just because. is that true? >> that is not true. because they have consistently gone back and forth and you know what? they've had six months to acknowledge that. it wasn't until the heat started getting put on them that they said oh, well maybe -- they've never even acknowledged it's a problem. they've never acknowledged that these statements are wrong, that they've consistently said, well, it's staying, it's staying, it's staying, and then at a school board meeting where dozens of angry parents showed up, they said, well, it's come to the end of its life anyway. but at the same time, school board members were sending out e-mails saying that they might be reconsidering that position and it might be back after all. >> gretchen: wow. it's a good lesson in the fact that you always have to watch what your kids are learning, even in the fine print. julie west, a parent of a child and she's upset about the book and the text. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> gretchen: next up, don't mess with the bishop and his samurai

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shouldn't that be enough? >> brian: no. it's never enough, steve. it's the same philosophy i've always had. i'd rather have a gift. >> steve: i know. >> brian: we have to get him something. what should we get the rock? tweet us in 140 characters or write us. >> steve: do you smell what the "fox & friends" show is cooking for the rock? >> brian: yeah. i think he's lifting weights again. he's four times the size he was a year ago. let's talk about something really important. that is what women should wear. >> gretchen: actually it's teenage girls. middle school girls. >> brian: who are women. >> gretchen: in new jersey, the school put on some dress code guideline for the middle school dance and said we don't want to do strapless dresses. that i think surprisingly got some parents upset. i am in favor of that, but here is somebody who is upset. >> the issue here is having someone interfere with my right to raise my children in a way that i think is appropriate.

>> this year our school has definitely enforced dress code a lot this year. i don't know why this year more. >> steve: the school says they're too distracting for the boys. >> gretchen: i agree with it. i mean, they have their whole life to grow up, as far as i'm concerned. >> brian: i have news for you. if you don't want to distract male students, don't put girls in the school. they're not looking for straps. all right? i think we're overemin sizing the -- overemphasizing it. >> gretchen: here is e-mails from some viewers. denise, congratulates to the school. nome do they have the right to decide what to wear at a school function, it's their duty. >> steve: another e-mail, i agree that parents should be able to determine what their daughters wear to the prom or school dance. but many parents are not responsible enough to make sure the clothing is age and socially

appropriate. >> brian: i'm going to do linda in a male voice. life has rules. children are sent to school to learn how to follow them. thank you for the typing noise. if not -- when i stop reading, the typing should stop. if not wearing a strapless dress is one of them, so be it. >> gretchen: schools have lots of rules, like alcohol and drugs, so i think this kind of falls in line with all of that. all right. >> steve: always something. go ahead, brian. this is your favorite story of the day. >> brian: he's no longer singing jail house rock. ♪ >> brian: he was almost in prison for life. the el vase impersonator accused of sending letters laced with ricin to president obama, as well as mississippi senator

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in general. >> steve: he picked the wrong bishop to mess with. grant nielsen attacked a former female co-worker on her way to work. it happened in mill creek, utah. well, several people rushed to the rescue. one of them, a bishop with a samurai sword. >> jumped up, threw my clothes on, grabbed my sword and out i came. he was really taken aback that he was staring down a 29 inches of razor. >> steve: no kidding. well, the mormon bishop then yelled at him, i've got your dna and i've got your license plate. you are so done. the suspect then managed to get away, but later quite wisely, surrendered to the cops. >> gretchen: let's talk about the weather picture 'cause a lot of people on the east coast complaining. where is spring? more rain is the last thing people in the midwest want to see. check out these photos. this is record flooding. that's a fish swimming by one

building above ground windows in grand rapids, michigan. another photo shows a duck passing by. again, that's above ground. maria, more rain in the forecast for those folks? >> oh, yes, unfortunately we have another storm system that is impacting those states from michigan all the way down into sections of tennessee, arkansas, and even sections of the plains, dealing with some of that rainfall. between one to two inches of rain possible. that's actually all associated with a strong front that's headed east. hyped the front -- behind the front, it's very cold. temperatures in the 20s in minneapolis, rapid city. even in denver. ahead of the system, not too bad. new orleans actually very nice. 71 now. 47 in new york city. it is going to be warmer today in new york city than it was yesterday. 67 degrees for your high temperature. enjoy it while you have it because once that front moves through, we're talking temperatures a little cooler yet again behind that system. 52 for your high temperature in the city of chicago. chilly out there as well. back inside. >> steve: hang on to the coat for another week. thank you very much.

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it's the iraq war and afghanistan war that radicalized us. i'm amazed how quick we put this all together. is it the truth as you see it? >> it's a rush to a judgment. we're taking his word at face value. the fact is, the older brother is the ring leader. he's the one who went overseas. he's the one who needs the intelligence which no longer do we have. but the fact is the f.b.i. has just begun their investigation into this overseas connection issue and i'm quite frankly surprised to see officials out there already coming to a conclusion that there is no foreign connection to this case when it's premature to say that. the f.b.i. just got the computer records of the older brother. they're scrubbing through those. they are interviewing individuals overseas in the chechen region area. and so for someone to say conclusively that there is no overseas connection, i think it's just irresponsible. >> brian: right. and you go behind closed doors. you can't tell us everything.

you emerge with that statement. if you went behind closed doors and were convinced that there was no overseas connection, you could say that. >> i've also had briefings with members of the f.b.i. and homeland security that are not behind closed doors and not classified which is why i can tell think statement. it's way too early to make a judgment in this case in terms of the overseas. in fact, i would argue that it likely there is an overseas connection. >> brian: how could the secretary of homeland security saying they were pinged about his overseas travels and the f.b.i. director tell you and others that it didn't ping because he spelled his name wrong. >> after 9-11, there was all that connecting the dots and not stove piping information. the f.b.i. told me they had no idea that he traveled overseas to russia and yet, the secretary of homeland security testified yesterday that the department did get pinged, a flag went up.

they did know he left the country and in light of the russian intelligence communication that warns us about him traveling overseas, why wasn't that information shared that maybe could have led to another lead on this individual when he came back, when he radicalized that possibly could have stopped it. >> brian: you know a lot about intelligence. do you label these bombs simplistic or sophisticated? >> sophisticated. you can not handle this -- these type of explosive devices safely and as professionally as they did at the bomb scene, but also throwing them out of the car, without any sort of training whatsoever. that, brian, raises the big question is who taped these individuals? where is that trainer? is the trainer overseas or is he in the united states? >> brian: and that's so important. with the credentials you bring to the table with those, that's noteworthy. thanks so much. you've been invaluable to this .

straight ahead, remember when hillary clinton said this about the security request in benghazi? >> i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me. i didn't approve them. i didn't deny them. >> brian: well, a brand-new report says that simply is not true. so what's next for hillary clinton? peter johnson, jr. is here. by the way, mike mccall asked that question. let's check in with martha mccallum. >> good morning. boston, of course, was a huge test for how good our intel is. today big questions about how they did. did dhs drop the ball on this? it is important that we know the answer. senators graham and grassley are here on that. and details about how the bombers' other targets might have been working out. the fireworks that were used, and michael goodwin says we're fighting thugs with hugs. why he thinks that's dangerous. bill and i will see you right here at the top of the hour. stay tuned @p@ñ@p@ñ

>> i didn't see those requests. they didn't come to me. i didn't approve them. i didn't deny them. >> steve: that was then secretary of state hillary clinton testifying under oath that she had zero knowledge about requests for more security before the benghazi terrorist attack. but a new scathing government report from the house reports that wasn't even the truth. congressman darrell issa led the investigation. listen to this. >> secretary of state was just wrong. she said she did not participate in this and yet, only a few months before the attack, she outright denied security in her signature in a cable april 2012. >> steve: so was information withheld to protect the administration? let's talk to fox news legal analyst, peter johnson, jr. it looks like hillary lied.

>> the white house thought this was going away. now congressman issa in a 46-page report and a persuasive report have said let's get a couple things straight. the talking points were not done to protect classified information. the review of all the e-mails reveals there was nothing about concerning about classified information and the congressional report comes to the determination that it was done because of politics and protecting the white house's behind. second, in april 19, 2012 cable signed by hillary clinton, we don't know if she had any personal knowledge of it -- said no, we're going to continue with our plans to withdraw marines from security in benghazi. >> steve: if she signed it -- >> we don't know. the interesting thing is she was never asked about it during her congressional testimony. but now it's coming out in this report. the white house has denied. say republicans have it confused. this is wrong. there is nothing political. we didn't know anything.

also the congressional report clears the military intelligence community with regard to what they had done. >> steve: keep in mind this was before the election and it looks like the white house was just trying to protect themselves. if hillary runs for president, it will come back to haunt her. >> it will come back to haunt her. i believe she had ponces, let's see if she sticks to them. the democrats are saying it's a partisan report. there is interesting evidence in there that over time will be examined quickly. this still needs to be examined going forward. it's an important issue. >> steve: absolutely. thank you very much. israeli -- absolutely. we'll see you tomorrow. more "fox & friends," couple minutes ana, lookin' good! what's your secret?

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